Steven Hill – American film and television actor who was a founding member of Lee Strasberg’s Actor’s Studio. He is best known as Adam Schiff in the NBC TV drama series Law & Order, a part that he played for ten seasons (1990–2000). At the time of his departure, he was the longest-serving cast member (Feb 24, 1922 – living)

Al Lettieri – Italian American actor, best known for his portrayal of Virgil “The Turk” Sollozzo in The Godfather (Feb 24, 1928 – Oct 18, 1975)

John Vernon – Canadian actor. He was born in rural Saskatchewan and made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada (Feb 24, 1932 – Feb 1, 2005). Daniel made note of a movie he was in called Charley Varrick. He said it was a very good movie.

Barry Bostwock – American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Brad in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and has also had considerable fame in musical theatre (Feb 24, 1946 – living)

Helen Shaver – Canadian actress and film and television director (Feb 24, 1951 – living)

Steven Jobs – Co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney (Feb 24, 1955 – living)

Billy Zane – American actor and director. He is perhaps best recognized for his role as Caledon Hockley in the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic and as The Phantom in the 1996 eponymous film based upon the comic book superhero (Feb 24, 1966 – living)

Wilson Alvarez – Daniel called him one of the all-time great busts for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Manon Rheaume – Canadian goaltender and Olympic silver medallist who is the only woman to play in the NHL. She was signed as a free agent to Tampa Bay Lightning and played two pre-season games against the St. Louis Blues in the 1992 preseason and the Boston Bruins in the 1993 preseason (Feb 24, 1972 – living)

Oscar de la Hoya – Wiki shows DOB as Feb 4, 1973. Nicknamed the Golden Boy — is a Mexican American boxer who won a gold medal for the United States Boxing Team at the Barcelona Olympic Games and considered one of boxing’s all time greats.

Deaths:

Tennessee Williams – Wiki shows he died on Feb 25. American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights of the twentieth century (Mar 26, 1911 – Feb 25, 1983)

Malcolm Forbes – Publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B.C. Forbes and today run by his son Steve Forbes (Aug 19, 1919 – Feb 24, 1990)

Tony Conigliaro – Nicknamed “Tony C.”, was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox (Jan 7, 1945 – Feb 24, 1990)

1868 – After Andrew Johnson tried to dismiss United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, he becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. Johnson would later be acquitted by the United States Senate.

1881 – Ferdinand Marie Vicomte de Lesseps attempt to build a lock-less version of the Panama Canal

1903 – Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States “in perpetuity”

1917 – Russian revolution began

1921 – First transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrived in Florida